I hate desktop clutter. This article did not sway me. I don't use icons on the desktop, ever. I do, however, save a lot of files there - inevitably a lot of st

I hate desktop clutter. This article did not sway me. I don't use icons on the desktop, ever. I do, however, save a lot of files there - inevitably a lot of stuff ends up there because of application defaults and/or my own laziness and lack of discipline. Sometimes I can't think of a better place to put something and the Desktop folder is so ubiquitous and convenient in file choosers and whatnot. I've gone to the other extreme. On the Mac, you can completely disable desktop icons with this default: defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool false Now my Desktop is just the background for my windows and nothing more. On the rare occasions I do catch a glimpse of it, I can see my lovely unobstructed wallpaper instead of hundreds of unused icons.